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Event Description

Welcome to the registration
site for the first annual Leadership Newark Public
Policy Summit.

I. REGISTRATION
DIRECTIONS

Welcome to the
registration site for the first annual Leadership Newark
Public Policy Summit! A few helpful hints.

Registration Fees

$60 before October 25th

$75 October 26th - 30th
and walk up registration

Space is limited. Advance
registration strongly encouraged.

Walk up registration
questions or ordering for a small group, please call 973-350-9200.

Once registered, you will
receive a Confirmation Email. Please print and bring this with you to the
Summit.

At the Summit, you will
receive your Summit Packet and Materials, including information on where to go.

See you at the Summit!

Registration Includes

Access to the Summit and
Partnership (Exhibitor) Village
Continental Breakfast
Luncheon Keynote Address
Workshops (Please choose one per track in each Concurrent Session)

All Plenary Sessions
Summit Take Action Guide and Working Materials

II. SUMMIT WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTIONS

Please choose one per
track in each Concurrent Session

Summit Workshops and
Plenaries

Concurrent Sessions I
Please choose from one
of the following Workshops:

Track I –Crime & Public
Safety:

Workshop
1A: Mass
Incarceration: The
Local Impact

Mass
incarceration has had
staggering human and
financial costs, most notably in urban communities.
Mass incarceration ranks
among one of the most urgent challenges facing the
U.S. and our criminal
justice system. This panel will analyze the impact
of sentencing laws and
practices, including mandatory minimums and the “three
strike” laws to urban
communities. LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Workshop
1B: Crime &
Violence: A Public Health Challenge

Traditionally
criminal
activity & violence
have been left in the hands of the criminal justice
system. However, when
you look at prevention support services for victims
it then becomes
necessary to bring in the professionals in medicine, nursing
and other health related
social services. Join this distinguished panel
as they discuss
effective means of public health intervention in cases of
abuse, rape, assault
& homicide. LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Workshop
1C: Crime & The
Environment

Small
acts of deviance
such as littering,
graffiti and broken windows as well as neglect can escalate
into more serious crime
if ignored according to “The Broken Window Theory”.
Join a distinguished
panel of experts who will share their knowledge on how the
physical condition of an
environment impacts criminal activity along with
measures towards social
cohesion that can reduce higher risk of criminality.
LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Track 2 – Education:

Workshop
2A: Fact or
Fiction: The Truth About
School Reform

Experts
in the field of
education have been
struggling for years on the national, state and local
levels about ways to
improve public education. Reform efforts have
prompted broad-based
approaches to individual educators taking measures towards
improvement. The
choices are plentiful, the challenges great, and the
struggle continues, as
we need viable solutions and clarity today. Join
the discussion with a
distinguished panel of experts to help dispel the myths
and share the facts
about urban school reform. LEARN, ACT &
CHANGE!

Workshop 2B: School
Safety

Violence
and high profile
school shootings across
the country causes much concern within school
communities, as does
bullying and just plain bad behavior and poor attitudes,
which lead to a
difficult environment in which to learn. Join the
discussion on measures
we can all employ to ensure a healthier learning
environment. LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Workshop
2C: Families and
Community: Partners In
Education

The phrase ”It Takes a
Village…”
has been overused and abused. Many of us seem to recognize
that parents, community
and educators are key players for a successful
well-rounded student.
Yet, we continue to struggle with ways to keep the
parents and community
engaged throughout a student’s primary and secondary school
years. Join the panel
as they share best practices from around the
country on everyone
engaging in a student’s educational success. LEARN,
ACT & CHANGE!

Track
3 – Economic
Recovery:

Workshop
3A: Healthy
& Green Economic
Opportunities for Urban America

Race
and socioeconomics
play a huge role in a
community's ability to access healthy food and
well-maintained open
spaces. What is our collective responsibility to
self-determine a
healthier environment, which contributes to better quality of
life FOR ALL? Join a
distinguished panel as they discuss the environment
& its role in our
health and economy. LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Workshop
3B: Workforce
Development in the 21st Century

People
who live in poverty are in poverty because they
do not have the income
or economic resources to adequately support the basic
necessities. This
causes a widening of the wealth gap, which is a
critical issue facing
many households today. The need to prepare and
educate a viable
workforce for jobs of today and tomorrow should be priority
#1. Employers may
create great jobs, but we must have a workforce skilled
to do the job at hand.
Join this distinguished panel as they share their
expertise on how urban
centers can better prepare the workforce to earn and
maintain livable wages.
LEARN, ACT & CHANGE!

Workshop
3C: Dollars
& Sense: Money
Matters in Your Community

Managing
day-to-day
expenses can be
challenging enough. But adding the pressures of mounting debt,
saving for college and
paying down student loans makes financial challenges
feel overwhelming.
However, building wealth, in particular wealth that can be
passed on to future
generations is critical to your family and the strength of
the broader Newark
community. Join Prudential and other
distinguished panelists
to understand how policy impacts the ability of urban
communities to build
intergenerational wealth and discuss how to get out of
debt, save wisely and
move from saving to investing in order to secure your
financial future. LEARN,
ACT & CHANGE

The Leadership Newark Public Policy Summit will be held on Saturday, November
2, 2013 in the Paul Robeson Center at Rutgers University’s Newark,
New Jersey Campus and features a keynote address by Van Jones,
co-host of CNN’s Crossfire and former Green Jobs Advisor To The Obama
White House.

The Summit will be a highly collaborative,
neutral, conducive and inclusive environment for Newark
stakeholders and citizens to become informed about
public policy issues that are impacting the
Greater Newark community.

Leadership Newark is a two-year leadership development program that educates,
empowers, and trains professional adults, who are stakeholders that live, work
or volunteers in Newark and the Greater Newark Area. The program enhances their
knowledge in public-policy areas such as education, crime, health, economic
development, local government, and the arts. Our goal is to create a
vibrant, progressive Newark, to make it a model for cities across the country.